Tag Archive for: DCPA Cabaret

Test Your Funny Bone: The Second City Trivia

When was The Second City founded? A. 1950 B. 1959 C. 1963 D. 1972 The Second City style is based improvisational created by? A. Sanford Meisner B. Stella Adler C. Kostantin Stanislavsky D. Viola Spolin Which of these celebrities did not perform with The Second City? A.Bill Murray B. John Belushi C. David Letterman D. […]

Second City Notable Alumni

The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater grew to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars. The Second City’s […]

A group of performers sing onstage. They are wearing old-timey costumes and hats thrown on over their regular clothes

The Best Spontaneous Songs from Broadway’s Next Hit Musical

In Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, the Garner Galleria’s upcoming improvised musical comedy show, a band of master improvisers create musical numbers based on audience suggestions. These spur-of-the-moment showstoppers then compete for the coveted Tony – ahem – Phony Awards. The winning song is then fleshed out into a full musical production with a plot, characters, […]

Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring dressed as older women show off their homemade crafts

Q&A with the Creators and Stars of The Secret Comedy of Women

From the archives: this article was originally published on February 15, 2023 The Secret Comedy of Women returns to the Garner Galleria Theatre for its sixth engagement. Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein, creators and stars of the long-standing comedy, share their insight on fumbles, friendship and finding a place to belong. WHAT’S IT LIKE BACKSTAGE? […]

Yippee Ki Yay – The Die Hard Parody and Interesting Facts About the 80’s Classic Film

Yippee Ki Yay – The Die Hard Parody, playing at the Garner Galleria Theatre Dec. 6 through Dec. 23, parodies the 80’s film Die Hard in poetic rhymes while also telling a story about a man and a woman who fell in love over this classic, Christmas flick. The film and production center around a […]

Q&A with Richard Marsh, Writer and Performer of Yippee Ki Yay

Are you a fan of Die Hard? What’s the story between you and the film? Do you have any fond memories/a personal connection to it? I’m a HUGE Die Hard fan! I’ve loved the film since I first saw it on VHS. Die Hard was unusual in its day as John McClane isn’t a superhuman […]

Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring sit on a bed reading their diaries in The Secret Comedy of Women

Virtual Reality and Theatre Collide

We all need an escape sometime, especially patients stuck in a hospital room or receiving long medical treatments. Enter a virtual reality (VR) version of the comedic cabaret created by Barbara Ghering and Linda Klein. Through a partnership with the Denver Center for Performing Arts, UCHealth patients now have the opportunity to enjoy a virtual […]

Sheryl McCallum poses onstage as she sings in Miss Rhythm - The Legend of Ruth Brown

Meet the Creatives Behind Miss Rhythm – The Legend of Ruth Brown

It’s a unique experience to witness a performance of Miss Rhythm – The Legend of Ruth Brown. It’s a combination of concert and musical, an effective piece of time-travel, transporting audiences back in time. But it isn’t just the music that does this – it’s the setting, the costumes, even the lighting. DCPA Cabaret productions […]